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RCN to launch review of how it is governed, after members’ vote
Two resolutions passed at extraordinary general meeting over disrupted presidential election
ICU nurse’s rainbow mural honours colleagues’ work during COVID-19’s first wave
Mural incorporates names of staff at Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s ICU
Chancellor’s spending review denies nurses early pay rise
RCN general secretary says Rishi Sunak has failed key workers he applauded earlier this year
Uber offers free Christmas rides and meals for NHS staff
‘Helping hand’ for health and social care staff across the UK valid at Uber and Uber Eats
Student attrition: why do nursing students leave their course before completion?
Call for strategy to get to grips with reasons for leaving and help tackle nurse vacancies
COVID-19: tributes paid to nurse who died a year after leaving Caribbean to join NHS
Medway NHS Foundation Trust staff nurse Hannah Jackson died after contracting COVID-19
Evidence and Practice
Assessment and management of metastatic bone cancer in emergency departments
The knowledge and skills required to care for patients with cancer
Improving the treatment of patients with dual diagnosis in emergency departments
Care of patients who present with symptoms arising from a combination of severe mental...
Insights into nurses’ precarious emotional labour in the emergency department
Service demands such as four-hour wait targets add a further layer of complexity and pressure
Expanding the emergency nurse role to meet demand: nurse and physician perspectives
Attitudes towards an expanded role for registered nurses in the emergency department
Analysing ambulance data to ascertain the prevalence and demographics of individuals...
Service evaluation data collected by the North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) NHS Trust
Management of cardiac arrest following blunt trauma
A critical evaluation of resuscitative thoracotomy
Features
COVID-19 and sepsis: what do the similarities mean for nurses and patients?
As with sepsis, for many people, the after-effects of COVID-19 will require long-term support
COVID-19: remembering the nursing staff who have lost their lives
Colleagues and families pay tribute to nursing professionals who have died across the UK
CPR at 38,000ft: the nursing student who took control of an in-flight emergency
Isobel Corrie named RCNi Nurse Awards Patient’s Choice winner after saving passenger’s life
RCN Nurse of the Year 2020: using CPR sessions to tackle the youth knife crime epidemic
Ana Waddington’s programme engages both vulnerable young people and healthcare staff
Healthcare projects on an overseas placement: how one student’s plan generated a team...
RCNi Nursing Student Award winner’s networking and persistence got a clinic up and running
Safeguarding against the odds: ‘this highlights what learning disability nurses do’
Patient’s Choice award nominee Marie Perry ‘went all out’ to ensure a young man’s safety
Opinion
Prioritising nurse safety not only protects staff, but patients too
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted that safe staffing and proper PPE mean better care
Why the ICU nursing shortage can be ignored no longer
COVID-19 second wave will challenge depleted workforce, no matter how many new beds there are
How to spot frailty in older people and what emergency nurses can do to improve care
Older people living with frailty tend to present late and often in crisis at the ED
Students
COVID-19: why I’m glad I faced my fears and opted for extended clinical placement anyway
I have learned so much about being a nurse by working in a great ED team during the pandemic
COVID-19: how working at the Nightingale has changed my student experience
Two students describe their first weeks in the workplace, and what has helped them cope
Mental health and adult nursing, plus the pace of emergency care – this role has it all
A dual-registration newly qualified nurse reflects on what she has learned in her first year
Careers
Fear and anxiety can infect teams, but you can harness this crisis to come out stronger
COVID-19 is putting nurses under extreme pressure, so here’s how to help colleagues cope
I make clinical decisions at emergency incidents – and as a nurse I bring so much more
Pre-hospital emergency medicine consultant nurse Andy Thurgood on his challenging role
How I make the emergency department less daunting for people with learning disabilities
Lauren Johnston describes her work in a pioneering nursing role